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thedjs

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Wild for Dry
« on: June 24, 2003, 04:27:51 AM »
Is the Wild a good dry lane ball?  How would it compare with a Scout?

 

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Re: Wild for Dry
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2003, 12:39:11 AM »
The Wild is a very good medium dry to dry lane ball.  As far as I know, it is exactly the same ball as the Scout Reactive.  It has the same cover, same weightblock, and same differential.
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Re: Wild for Dry
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2003, 12:48:10 AM »
Great ball, hits hard...... Light to medium oil, depending on drill pattern..
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Re: Wild for Dry
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2003, 01:06:38 AM »
I believe the Wild has Superflex while the Scouts have a tamer coverstock.

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Re: Wild for Dry
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2003, 04:49:31 AM »
Some minor corrections to the above posts from data available right here on ballreviews.com. Both the WIld and the Scout/R use the Super-Flex coverstock. The Wild does not use mica in the cover. See this review for a very good Wild review:

http://www.ballreviews.com/Reviews/Reviews.asp?ManufacterID=3&BallID=295&ReviewID=16008
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Re: Wild for Dry
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2003, 12:51:53 PM »
You could be right Charles, but Columbia make no reference to mica one way or the other.

Scout: http://www.columbia300.com/balls/balls.cfm?cat=3&id=97

Wild: http://www.columbia300.com/balls/balls.cfm?cat=3&id=144
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Re: Wild for Dry
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2003, 12:08:58 AM »
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You could be right Charles, but Columbia make no reference to mica one way or the other.

Scout: http://www.columbia300.com/balls/balls.cfm?cat=3&id=97

Wild: http://www.columbia300.com/balls/balls.cfm?cat=3&id=144
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I know, but Mike Austin did in his review; that's why I referenced it. I trust Mike's information; he is a trusted driller across the country. I believe him when he says such as this.
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Re: Wild for Dry
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2003, 09:20:54 PM »
Does anyone know why the Columbia website describes the two Wild balls differently? One says mild backend and the other says sharp or snappy back end. Just wondering if there was something different in the cover.
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Re: Wild for Dry
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2003, 09:57:52 PM »
I dont think there is a difference. But there might be.
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